Current and former Oakland A’s players to participate in Richmond youth clinic Tuesday

Six-time Major League Baseball All-Star Vida Blue is one of the former A's set to participate in a youth clinic in Richmond Tuesday.

A Richmond baseball field has become a magnet for current and former Oakland A’s players.

A’s outfielder Sam Fuld, third base coach Mike Gallego and three former players are scheduled to run a clinic for 50 Richmond youths at Martin Luther King Jr. ball park near Harbour Way and Cutting Boulevard, which the A’s paid to renovate in May.

From 10 a.m. to noon, children between ages 8 and 13 from the Richmond Police Activities League will rotate through five stations: hitting, pitching, outfield, infield and base-running.

Then from noon till 1 p.m., the kids will have lunch with the players as well as A’s mascot Stomper.

For participating, each child will receive an A’s cap and t-shirt. Chevron Richmond is sponsoring the clinic.

“Chevron is proud to partner with the Richmond Police Activities League and the Oakland A’s to excite our Richmond youth about science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) by demonstrating real world applications through the fundamentals of baseball, ” said Mark Ayers, chief of emergency services at Chevron Richmond. “Chevron Richmond is committed to helping students prepare for the increasing number of technical jobs, and believes that baseball teaches our youth teamwork and leadership skills to help them succeed.”

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